Department of the Air Force Committee to Review Project Bluebook, 1966-1967

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~:\ho Panel Members were in agreement with
opinion that,
although evidence of any direct threat from these sightings was
wholly la.eking, related d:lnr;ers mieht wol1 exist rcsu1ting from:
a. Misidentification of actual onemy artifacts by defense
personnel.
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Overloading of emergency roport:ing channels with "false"
informo.tion ("noise to signal ratio" analogy ... Borkner).
c. Subjectivity of public to mass hysteria and greater. vul­
nerability to possible enemy pi:ycho1ogical warfare.
Although not the concern of CIA, the first two of these 'problems
may seriously affect the Air Defense intelligence system, and should
be studied by experts, possibly under ADC. rr·u.F.0.'s become dis­
credited in a reaction to the "flying saucer" scare, or if report­
ing channels are saturated with.false and poorly documented repdrts,
our capability of detecting hostile activity will be reduced.
Dr. Pase notad that more competent screening or filtering of reported
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sightings at or near the source is required, and that this can best
be accomplished by an educational program.
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GEOGRAPHic" LOCATIONS OF UNEXPLAINED SIGHTINGS
The map prepared by ATIC showing geographic locations of officially
reported unexplained sightings (1952 only) was examined by the Panel.
This map showed clusters in certain strategic areas such as Los Alamos.
This might be explained on the basis of 24-hour watchful guard and
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